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ELEVATING AND DUMPING APPARATUS.

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RUSSELL HOLLOPETER, OF FOSTORIA, OHIO.

ELEVATING AND DUMPING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,144, dated September 2, 1902.

Application filed November 30,1901. Serial No. 84.288. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL HOLLOPETER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elevating and Dumpingv Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

` This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for elevating and dumping materials, more particularly coal; and it has for its object, among others, to provide a simple and cheap yet efficient and durable device by which the coal or other material maybe taken from -the ground or other place and elevated to the desired point and there automatically dumped.

Other objects and the advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, some of which only are herein illustrated.

The invention in its preferred forms is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specilication, and in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the bucket. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the frame or derrick. Fig. 3 is a front View ofthe same. Fig. i is a perspective View of the bucket and its attachments. Fig. 5 is a side elevation with a portion of the frame or derrick broken away, showing the bucket in its different positions. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective detail.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the frame or derrick, consisting of the'side bars B, which are connected at their upper ends by the and to the upper ends of these tracks in the form shown in all but Fig. 6 are secured the irons D, terminating at their upper ends in hooks D,'as shown. Secured between the tracks is the bridge E, which is inclined or wedge-shaped, as seen bestin- Fig.- 5, for a purpose whichl will soon be'made apparent.

A is the bucket. It is provided 'with the bail I, pivoted, as at J, in the ends of the bucket and connected at the upper ends by the cross-bar H, to the center of which is au eye or the like, to which is attached one end of the rope or chain M. This chain or rope passes upward over the pulley K, as shown in Fig. 5, and thence to a power-drum or other means by which it is operated. To the rear face ofthe bucket, near the ends, are secured the L-plates L, in the outer ends of the horizontal arms of which is journaled the roller F, which is designed to travel on the tracks C. To the same side of the bucket, near the bottom, are secured the brackets or plates O, in which is journaled the roller G, which is designed to engage the bridge E as the bucket nears the upper end of Ithe derrick or frame A. Attached to the rear of the-bucket is a plate U, to which is axed one end of a rope or the like U', to the other end of which is attached a weight V, as seen bestin Fig. 4. This rope passes over a pulley W, mounted at vthe upper end of the track portion, as seen best in Fig. 3, and the weight is designed to travel in ways of a boxing B' in the frame or derrick. l

X represents the legs. or supports of the derrick or frame. y

In practice the bucket is placed in the position in which it is shown, at the bottom of the derrick, in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and there loaded. The rope U being passed y up over `the pulley W and the weight V in its guide or boxing andthe ,rope Mv passed over the pulley K and led to the source of power, the bucket being filled and power exerted on the rope M, thevbucket is elevated, as will be readily understood from reference to Fig. 5,

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and when the roller G reaches the bridge E it travels thereon, and the said bridge being higher than the face of the track it causes the bottom of the bucket to be projected outward, and thus facilitates the process of dumping. The roller F riding on the tracks lessens friction and at the same time keeps the body of the bucket from contact with the track, as the bail is attached in such position on the bucket that it balances and the greater weight or friction is on the roller F, and when the bucket has reached its highest position the said roller engages in the hooks D', and further pull on the rope M causes the rear end of the bracket-s to be raised, so as to cause the contents Z of the bucket to be automatically dumped, so that it falls upon the chute Y into a car or other receptacle placed to receive it. When the pull on the rope is released, after the contents ofthe bucket have been dumped, the weight of the bucket, aided by the weight V, returns it to its normal position ready to be again loaded.

From the above it will be seen that I have devised a simple and cheap elevating and dumping device, and while the structural embodiment of the invention as herein disclosed is what I at the present time consider the preferable it is evident that the same is subject to changes` variations, and modifications without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing anT of its advantages, and I therefore reserve the right. lo make such changes, variations, and modifications as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed and do not limit myself to the details ot' construction herein described and shown.

What is claimed as new, is-

1. The combination with the derrick or frame and the bucketandits elevatingdevices, of a counterbalance-weight for the bucket, an inclined plane for throwing out the lower end of the bucket, and means for automatically dumping the same when it reaches the limit of its upward movement, as set forth.

2. The combination with the frame or derrick and the bucket and its elevating devices, of an inclined plane for throwing out the lower end of the bucket, means for turning the bucket from its elevating position to one atv substantially a right angle thereto,and means for returning the bucket to a position to descend, as set forth. l

3. The combination with the frame or derrck, the bucket and its elevating devices, of means for stopping the upward movement of the bucket and means including an inclined plane for automatically dumping the same.

fl. The combination with the frame or derrick and the bucket and its elevating devices, of means for automatically stopping the upward movementof the buckot,a pivoted frame, and a weight guided in an inclosure in said frame for returning the bucket to its position to descend.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUSSELL HOLLOPETER. Vitnesses:

CHAs. G. MYERS, GEO. W. CUNNINGHAM. 

